Year: 2012
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What now should be clear to us all!
Dear editor, I came across with you rather unique and fascinating magazine for the first time by a sheer coincides. I would like to extend my appreciation to the professional work accomplished by the team of writers on your magazine. Having said so, I would like to comment on your cover page story (What now?, April 2012). While you are…
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Cobb salad wrap recipe
BY Emma Haberman (Courtesy Chef Marcus Samuelson) A day comes along every now and then when you look in your fridge and ask yourself “what am I supposed to do with this?” On these days, dinner can feel like a chore, but it’s a great excuse to raid your fridge and test your kitchen skills. Keeping good staples in your fridge…
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Moringa: not just a tree
Faben Getachew Moringa tree, (also known at least by a dozen more other names such as horseradish tree, benzolive tree, and drumstick tree) is native to India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. It’s no ordinary tree but one that is believed to have a great potential in food security, sustainable land care and improved nutritional status. Nutritionists say it is one…
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Making sense of the coup in Mali
The perilous political playground in Mali is complicated; but it’s explicable Harvey Glickman The recent coup in Mali not only revealed the fragility of African electoral democracies—something of a trend in recent years after decades of instability and military rule—but it also exposed a kind of domino effect of the North African “Arab spring” in the countries of “the Sahel,”…
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The long (and exhausting) road to peace in Africa
Amidst recent security setbacks in the continent of Africa, one forum attempts to find homemade solutions Selahadin Eshetu In connection with the celebration of the first anniversary of the building of the Grand Millennium Dam over the Blue Nile, Ethiopians were given a rare opportunity to phone in and ask questions of their likings to their Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi.…
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World Economic Forum comes to the World’s third fastest economy’
Can the host sustain it’s rank? With a population estimated at 85 million Ethiopia is the second most populous in the continent next to Nigeria, and a recent forecast by the Economist Intelligence Unit declared its economy is the third fastest growing next only to that of India and China. Ethiopia’s controversial annual GDP growth stands anywhere between 7% –…
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Russian foreign policy in Putin’s third term
Despite the sweeping changes taking place across the Middle East and Asia, Putin is unlikely to change Russia’s foreign policy. Mark N. Katz What will Russian foreign policy be like now that Vladimir Putin has resumed the Russian presidency? There are two general observations that can be made about this question. First, Putin’s return to the presidency is unlikely to…
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WEF on accelerating infrastructure investment
The ongoing World Economic Forum today debated on how best to maximize social and economic returns, increasing private sector investment and reaping benefits from leapfrogging within the continent. According to WEF in the past years transportation, energy and communication investments contributed substantially more to per capita growth in Africa than structural policies. Panelists including Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Gordon Brown,…
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Africa in the world economy – from Tigers to Lions? Not without quality education
The first plenary session of World Economic Forum on Africa, taking place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from the 9th – 11, 2012, has held a discussion on issues related to fostering political stability, strengthening business environments and advancing regional integration. But talking high about the prospects of accelerating economic growth comes to a futile end without ensuring quality education throughout…
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World Economic Forum
Putting issues that matter most under the radar Once again, World Economic Forum will discuss on agendas larger than the continent Africa is now Hone Mandefro After successfully hosting the 16th edition of ICASA, Addis Ababa will be hosting the World Economic Forum for Africa from May 9 – 11, 2012. The forum is scheduled to convene on a…
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